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sâmbătă, 17 decembrie 2011

Nearly 400 people sinks in Indonesia

The boat carrying illegal migrants sank off the coast of Indonesia has made ​​nearly 400 migrants on boat missing.

National news agency Antara quoted search and rescue team to Indonesia or boat sank 380 people in south beach Prigi, Java Island, east of Indonesia Sunday afternoon. The boat is in distress for fishing vessels and a tonnage of about 100 people. People on the boat most of the migrants.

Rescue Unit was deployed but hampered by bad weather and strong sea. Currently only 76 migrants were rescued and received support Prigi town, from where the boat sank about 30 km. Rescuers said that many victims are still alive and could be severely dehydrated.

a survivor of Afghanistan, Esmat Adine, 24, a survivor of Afghanistan, said the boat was on its way to Australia's Christmas Island. After questioning the survivors, local police said the boat carrying migrants of many nationalities, including Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan and Dubai.

This is the latest in boat sinking mass waterway accidents related to migration in recent years. Each year, thousands of refugees have passed the Southeast Asian nation to reach Australia. They may have to spend thousands of dollars to get a spot on the boat's dingy trafficking groups in Indonesia and make the dangerous voyage. Australia has attempted to establish a regional processing center in the neighboring countries to reduce the amount of refugees to this country without success.

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